Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor) - HBW 6, p. 433

Taxonomy:Promerops minor Rüppell, 1845, Shoa, central Ethiopia. Genus often merged into Phoeniculus. Birds from S Somalia and adjacent N Kenya, described as race somalicus, are now considered inseparable from nominate minor; birds from S Kenya to Tanzania, formerly recognized as race extimus, now treated as indistinguishable from cabanisi. Two subspecies currently recognized.